The medicinal use of cannabis and cannabinoids / edited by Geoffrey Guy, Brian A. Whittle, Philip J. Robson.

Date:
[2004]
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Medicinal uses of cannabis and cannabinoids

Description

"Cannabis research has moved beyond its use as an illegal recreational drug. Increasingly, focus is on its potential as a therapeutic substance, particularly in serious chronic illnesses such as multiple sclerosis. This new title describes current research findings relating to the medicinal use of cannabis and cannabinoids. Topics covered include the pharmacology, formulation, safety and efficacy of cannabis as a therapeutic agent; growth and breeding of cannabis as a medicine; cannabis in neuropathic-pain treatment and for multiple sclerosis; clinical studies and the development of cannabis-based medicine; and forensic and international control of cannabis. Written by experts in the UK and USA, this is an essential reference for pharmacists, doctors, pharmacologists and all other healthcare professionals with an interest in cannabis-derived medicines for symptom relief of intractable diseases." -- Provided by publisher.

Publication/Creation

London ; Chicago : Pharmaceutical Press, [2004]

Physical description

xxiv, 488 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

History of cannabis as a medicine -- Growth and morphology of medicinal cannabis -- The breeding of Cannabis cultivars for pharmaceutical end uses -- The evolution of Cannabis and coevolution with the cannabinoid receptor: a hypothesis -- Receptors and pharmacodynamics: natural and synthetic cannabinoids and endocannabinoids -- Therapeutic potential of cannabis and cannabinoids in experimental models of multiple sclerosis -- Natural cannabinoids: interactions and effects -- Metabolism and pharmacokinetics of cannabinoids -- Clinical studies of cannabis-based medicines -- Cannabis in the treatment of chronic pain -- The forensic control of cannabis -- A review of cannabis and driving skills -- International control of cannabis: changing attitudes -- Development of cannabis-based medicines: risk, benefit and serendipity.

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Copy 1. Signed by the editors.

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  • 9780853695172
  • 0853695172
  • 3769232542
  • 9783769232547